Scheme of delegation to the Head Teacher, committees, and individual governors.

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Level 1: Full governing body

Level 2: A committee of the governing body

Level 3: An individual governor

Level 4: Headteacher.

Column blank: Action could be undertaken at this level.

Column blocked off: Function cannot be legally carried out at this level.

*Although decisions may be delegated, the governing body as a whole remains responsible for any decision made under delegation*

Decision Level

Function

No

Tasks

1

2

3

4

Budgets

1

To approve the first formal budget plan each financial year

x

2

To monitor monthly expenditure.

x

3

To establish a charging and remissions policy

x

4

Miscellaneous financial decisions

x

5

To enter into contracts (GB may wish to agree financial limits)

x

6

To make payments

x

Staffing

7

Headteacher appointments (selection panel)

x

8

Deputy appointments (selection panel)

x

9

Appoint other teachers

x

10

Appoint non teaching staff

x

11

Agree a pay policy

x

12

Pay discretions

x

13

Establishing disciplinary/capability procedures

x

14

Dismissal of headteacher

x

15

Dismissal of other staff

x

16

Suspending head

x

17

Suspending staff (except head)

x

18

Ending suspension (head)

x

19

Ending suspension (except head)

x

20

Determining staff complement

x

21

In voluntary and foundation schools to agree whether or not the Chief Education Officer/diocesan authority should have advisory rights

na

22

Determining dismissal payments/ early retirement

x

Curriculum

23

Ensure National Curriculum (NC) taught to all pupils and to consider any disapplication for pupil(s)

x

24

To establish a curriculum policy

x

25

To implement curriculum policy

x

26

To agree or reject and monitor curriculum policy

x

27

Responsible for standards of teaching

x

28

To decide which subject options should be taught having regard to resources, and implement provision for flexibility in the curriculum (including activities outside school day)

x

29

Responsibility for individual child’s education

x

30

Provision of sex education – to establish and keep up to date a written policy

x

31

To prohibit political indoctrination and ensuring the balanced treatment of political issues

x

32

To establish a charging and remissions policy for activities (non NC based)

x

Performance Management

33

To formulate a performance management policy

x

34

To establish a performance management policy

x

35

To implement the performance management policy

x

36

To review annually the performance management policy

x

Target Setting

37

To set and publish targets for pupil achievement

x

Discipline/Exclusions

38

To establish a discipline policy

x

39

To review the use of exclusion and to decide whether or not to confirm all permanent exclusions and fixed term exclusions where the pupil is either excluded for more than 15 days in total in a term or would lose the opportunity to sit a public examination. (Can be delegated to chair/vice-chair in cases of urgency)

x

40

To direct reinstatement of excluded pupils (Can be delegated to chair/vice-chair in cases of urgency)

x

Admissions

41

To consult annually before setting an admissions policy (but in community and controlled schools only where the LA has delegated this power to the governing body)

na

42

To consult annually before setting an admissions policy (VA and Foundation schools)

na

43

To establish an admissions policy (special schools where pupils do not have a statement) acting with LA

na

44

Admissions: application decisions (but in community and controlled schools only where the LA has delegated this power to the governing body)

To institute a health and safety policy (in community and VC schools this would be the LA)

x

59

To ensure that health and safety regulations are followed

x

School Organisation

60

To publish proposals to change category of school

na

61

Proposal to alter or discontinue voluntary foundation or foundation special school

na

62

To set the times of school sessions and the dates of school terms and holidays except in community and VC schools where it is the LA

x

63

To ensure that the school meets for 380 sessions in a school year

x

64

To ensure that school lunch nutritional standards are met where provided by the governing body.

x

Information For Parents

65

To prepare and publish the school prospectus

x

66

To prepare and publish the school profile

x

67

To ensure provision of free school meals to those pupils meeting the criteria

x

68

Adoption and review of home-school agreements

x

GB Procedures

69

To draw up instrument of government and any amendments thereafter

x

70

To appoint (and remove) the chair and vice-chair of a permanent or a temporary governing body

x

71

To appoint and dismiss the clerk to the governors

x

72

To hold a full governing body meeting at least three times in a school year or a meeting of the temporary governing body as often may require

x

73

To appoint and remove community or sponsor governors.

x

74

To set up a Register of Governors’ Business Interests

x

75

To approve and set up a Governors Expenses Scheme

x

76

To discharge duties in respect of pupils with special needs by appointing a “responsible person” in community, voluntary and Foundation Schools

na

77

To consider whether or not to exercise delegation of functions to individuals or committees

x

78

To regulate the GB procedures (where not set out in law)

x

Federations

79

To consider forming a federation or joining an existing federation

x

80

To consider requests from other schools to join the federation

x

81

To leave a federation

x

Extended Schools

82*

To decide to offer additional activities and to what form these should take

x

83

To put into place the additional services provided

x

84

To carry out risk assessments and manage Health and Safety implications

x

85

To ensure delivery of services provided

x

86*

To cease providing extended school provision

x

87

To review the serious incident report book.

x

88

To review the report of the inspection of residential accommodation.

x

*Although these tasks are open to delegation under the Education (School Government)(Terms of Reference) (England) Regulations 2000, the expectation would be that these decisions would be undertaken by the full Governing Body.